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NATO Centres of Excellence – Maritime Security Centre of Excellence [1]

['Brian Sostak']

Date: 2023-07-26 19:40:36+00:00

The Maritime Security Centre of Excellence seeks to expand the capabilities of NATO and Partner Nations by providing comprehensive, innovative, and timely expertise in the field of Maritime Security Operations.

Allied Command Transformation is improving NATO’s ability to respond to all threats, from all directions, by better understanding the unique challenges posed by maritime security issues due to the vast expanse, ease of access, and jurisdictional gaps in the maritime domain. The Maritime Security Centre of Excellence furthers these efforts by delivering comprehensive, innovative, and timely expertise to NATO and Partner Nations about Maritime Security Operations.

The Maritime Security Centre of Excellence is located in Istanbul, Türkiye, and became the Alliance’s 26th Centre of Excellence upon its accreditation on June 8th, 2020. Since then, the Centre has committed to become an internationally recognized expertise and knowledge provider in the area of maritime security, with the goal of expanding NATO and Partner capabilities in this area. Currently, the Centre’s work focuses on the seven tasks of Maritime Security Operations, with these being:

Support Maritime Situational Awareness; Support Maritime Counter-Terrorism; Contribute to maritime Security Capacity building; Uphold Freedom of Navigation; Maritime Interdiction Operations; Fight Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; Protect Critical Infrastructure.

The 2023 Programme of Work being undertaken by the Maritime Security Centre of Excellence is comprehensive, and covers the core pillars of Education, Training, and Exercises, Lessons Identified, Analysis and Lessons Learned, Concept Development and Experimentation, and Doctrine Development, Standardisation, and Interoperability. In addition, the Centre also provides support to NATO operations, such as Operation Sea Guardian, which is the Alliance’s ongoing maritime security operation in the Mediterranean Sea. Highlights of the Centre’s 2023 Programme of Work include the Maritime Critical Infrastructure Workshop that took place in February and the 3rd Maritime Security Conference in June. In the case of the latter, this event brought together more than 50 participants from 15 different countries to bolster international cooperation on maritime security and facilitate discussions on the latest trends, challenges, and strategies in the field. Looking forward, the Centre will be hosting several workshops on the subjects of cyber intelligence in Maritime Security Operations, unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned maritime systems in Maritime Security Operations, and maritime situational awareness.

NATO-accredited Centres of Excellence are (multi-) nationally established and sponsored entities, which offer recognized expertise and experience within a defined subject matter area to the benefit of the Alliance. Centres of Excellence are not part of the NATO Command Structure, but form part of the wider framework that contributes to the functioning of the Alliance. Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation coordinates the activities of the Centres of Excellence, ensuring that their outputs align with Allied Command Transformation’s Programme of Work. For more information about NATO-accredited Centres of Excellence, see the 2023 Centres of Excellence Catalogue.

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